America 2021 in one image. 
For those wondering:
—bubble size indicates county population size
—data is thru yesterday (11/12/21).
—bubble size indicates county population size
—data is thru yesterday (11/12/21).
Several people are accusing me of “cherry picking” by starting on 6/30/21 instead of going back to the start of the pandemic. It’s hardly breaking news that the first wave in March/April 2010 slammed densely-populated blue areas far heavier than sparsely-populated red areas. 1/
Obviously there’s some pretty damned important differences between early 2020, when few people knew what the hell was going on, there was little testing, no mask-wearing, no social distancing and NO VACCINES…and summer/fall 2021. 2/
Also, the first wave was the original variant. July 2021 was when the FAR more communicable Delta variant started to hit the U.S.
Having said that, I’ll be happy to run this dating back to early 2020 for comparison. My guess is it red counties will still be a bit higher. 3/3
Having said that, I’ll be happy to run this dating back to early 2020 for comparison. My guess is it red counties will still be a bit higher. 3/3
📣 As promised, here's the same graph w/CUMULATIVE county-level deaths *since the start of the pandemic*.
As I suspected, the reddest tenth of the country is still running about 50% higher than the bluest tenth even when you include that horrific first wave in NY/NJ/etc.
As I suspected, the reddest tenth of the country is still running about 50% higher than the bluest tenth even when you include that horrific first wave in NY/NJ/etc.
Meanwhile, here's the first graph (since June only) broken out into 10ths of the population in bar graph format...
...and here's the second graph (cumulative since January 2020) broken out into bar graph format:
FYI to everyone reading this thread: I'll be posting a deeper dive into these data/graphs tomorrow at ACASignups.net. Stay tuned...
📣 ⚠️ In fact, along with some other interesting tidbits, I just discovered one hell of a jaw-dropping data point.
I had to triple check to make sure I had it right.
Stay tuned...
I had to triple check to make sure I had it right.
Stay tuned...
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